Hi all & especially to Judyfidella; Hopefully it wasn't the beautiful Iittala glasses you bought from me all those years ago? If so I wish you had told me!

I had a bad batch of recycled bubblewrap acquired from a shop refit at my local pharmacy, & I had a nasty lingering cold at one time & evidently the bubblewrap reeked of smoke! I didn't smell it until the cold cleared. By that time I'd copped a no contact negative on a huge bulk lot of beauty products that were sent so carefully wrapped in new tissue & in that b/wrap. Once I could smell the problem, the b/wrap went into the bin!

From memory that transaction was at about the same time Judyfidella purchased her glasses, so the story she relates may well have been a purchase from me!?

I now buy new bubblewrap for my items & carefully sniff any recycled that comes my way! I still use recycled boxes as outer packaging, but acquire them from the local deli, florist & supermarket. I no longer get packaging from the pharmacy. Once bitten, twice shy!

My parcel guy also smokes, but as he's so reliable I don't mind & allow for that.

As another thought on allergies... I once received a small statue, without any inner packaging whatsoever, in a laundry detergent box. I'm highly allergic to the particular brand of laundry powder, along with both lanoline & lavender, which the product contained. The box still had about a tablespoon of product inside, which had covered the item in transit. I had no idea the item would come in the poor packaging I received (the item was damaged in a city to suburbs same state post) as I had paid a fairly high price for the postage & expected a little better care of a collectable item (silly me!) The skin rash & sneezes that purchase caused haunt me every time I look at that figurine!

I guess what I'm trying to say is that sellers should be mindful of their packaging & presentation, especially when using recycled materials, but in the end there are a lot of factors which may affect the end buyer of an online purchase. It would be impossible to cater for them all. I'm advocating just do your best & provide the best service you can. Sellers cannot be psychic, as much as purchasers might think we are! Cheers! Redders